Long term constraints on the global marine carbonate system

Authors

Michael L. Bender, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, 02881, U.S.A.
David W. Graham, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, 02881, U.S.A.

Abstract

As a result of the interaction between biological cycles and the abyssal circulation, the modem North Pacific Ocean bas a lower degree of calcite saturation (Ω) and a shallower carbonate compensation depth (and lysocline) than does the North Atlantic….

Recommended Citation

Bender, Michael L., and David W. Graham. 1978. "Long term constraints on the global marine carbonate system." Journal of Marine Research 36, (3). https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/journal_of_marine_research/1443